Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | JPN March 29, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Tactical RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣 Faiā Emuburemu: Fūin no Tsurugi?, Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals) is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.. The game was released on March 29, 2002 in Japan, is the sixth game in the Fire Emblem series and the first of three games in the series that have appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld. As of now, it is the last Fire Emblem game to be released exclusively in Japan. It is the only Fire Emblem game for the handheld that has yet to see a release outside of Japan.
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[edit] Plot outline
Fuuin no Tsurugi takes place on the fictional continent of Elibe and stars Roy, the son of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken protagonist Eliwood. Roy leads the League of Lycia's army against the forces of the militant country of Bern shortly after his father falls ill.
The story begins when King Zephiel, ruler of the kingdom of Bern, finishes the brutal conquest of Ilia and Sacae and sets his sights on Lycia. With the war coming to his own country, Roy is sent home to lead Pherae's army to oppose Bern, but soon after he meets Guinevere, the princess of Bern and Zephiel's younger sister, who has escaped from her homeland to search for a way to stop the imminent war between Bern and Lycia.
Upon the death of the general Hector, Roy carries on the Lycian League and makes many promises: to protect Princess Guinevere and Hector's beloved daughter, the mage Lilina, and most importantly, to save the entire continent from Zephiel's mysterious thirst for world domination.
[edit] Connection to Rekka no Ken
- Fuuin no Tsurugi is set twenty years after its prequel, Rekka no Ken.
- Many characters from the former reappear in the latter in older forms, including Hector, Eliwood, Bartre, Karel, Merlinus, Murdock, Marcus, Zephiel and Guinevere.
- Among the playable characters are several relatives of the Rekka no Ken cast: the Lord Roy is the son of Eliwood, the mage Lilina is the daughter of Hector, the archer Wolt is the son of the archer Rebecca and nephew of the pirate Dart, the swordswoman Fir is the daughter of Bartre and Karla and the niece of Karel, the twins Lugh and Ray are the sons of Nino, Klein and Clarine are the children of Pent and Louise, and the nomad Sue and the nomad trooper Dayan are the daughter and father of the nomad Rath respectively (in the same manner, the mage Hugh and the druid Niime are, respectively, the son and mother of Canas). Also, the pirate Geese is the younger brother of Geitz.
- The playable characters Sophia and Fa from Fuuin no Tsurugi also make cameo appearances in Rekka no Ken chapters, but are not playable.
Because Rekka no Ken takes place two decades prior to Fuuin no Tsurugi and was designed to introduce western audiences to Fire Emblem gameplay, its plot is structured so that no knowledge of Fuuin no Tsurugi is required to enjoy the storyline.
[edit] Characters of Fūin no Tsurugi
The cast of Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals is considerably much larger than FE7 or FE8, with multiple characters representing a single class (There are 4 Cavaliers and 3 Paladins in the game alone) as well as representations of each class.
[edit] Musical Score
The soundtrack was composed by series mainstay Yuka Tsujiyoko. In addition to its original music, Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi also features versions of songs from Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu; the character recruitment theme of Seisen is reused as is the general battle theme, which is used as Fuuin no Tsurugi's arena battle theme.
The player turn's music for the Trial Maps was also taken from the player turn's music from Fire Emblem Gaiden
[edit] U.S. Release
As previously noted, Fuuin no Tsurugi has yet to receive a release in North America. Although numerous petitions have been written and signed requesting that Nintendo of America bring it to the west, it is becoming less and less likely that the game will see an official U.S. release in its current form. However, a translation patch to be applied on ROM images of the game like the one for Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu of a quality near that of an official translation has been developed and released over the internet over the past few years, and is available for download.[1]
[edit] Super Smash Bros. Melee
Roy appears as an unlockable character in the Nintendo GameCube brawler Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was originally included in the Japanese version of the game in order to promote the upcoming release of Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi along with Marth, the classic protagonist of the first and third Fire Emblem titles. Both characters were expected to be dummied out of the U.S. release of SSBM, but their popularity proved to be great enough in the west that Nintendo of America included them in the U.S. release as well. The appearance of Roy and Marth in the game can be credited with helping bring Fire Emblem games to North America, beginning with Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken. However, both Roy and Marth speak Japanese.
[edit] Trivia
- Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi was previously titled as Fire Emblem: Maiden of the Dark, until Nintendo and Intelligent Systems changed its name for an unknown reason, perhaps changing its plot. In addition, Idoun's musical theme is named Maiden in the Dark, suggesting that the previous title of the game was a direct reference to her.
- The arena battle theme of Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi was originally the player battle theme of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu. The recruitment theme was also borrowed from that Super Famicom game.
[edit] External links
- Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi - Official Japanese site for Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi.
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